IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cartagena
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995PR787079S
  • User Pedon ID: 95PR079001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0588
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67601
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 18.0211105
  • Std. Longitude: -67.0977783
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximately 1.8 miles southwest of the Administration Buildingof the Lajas Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; 0.9 mile southeast of teh Llanos community from the intersection of P.R. Hwy. 101 and P.R. Hwy. 306; 0.8 mile east from dirt road on pasture field.
  • State: Puerto Rico
  • MLRA: 273—Semiarid Coastal Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Milton Cortez, John Davis, Dwyne Williams, Waren Lyn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, isohyperthermic Sodic Haplusterts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cartagena
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cartagena
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, isohyperthermic Aquic Ustr
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/25/1995
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: alluvial flat
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 90
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/25/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6C
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—23

    43—157

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

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    —

    13

    —

    889

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    —

    28.9

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    —

    27.8

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; strong coarse and very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 30.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 30.0 very fine and fine high-continuity continuous tubular pores; 2 percent prominent manganese or iron-manganese stains in root channels and/or pores; 2 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P04325; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 245902; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 245902
    BA—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay; 2 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine distinct irregular mottles; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 10.0 fine and medium roots in cracks and 15.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 25.0 very fine and fine high-continuity continuous tubular pores; 2 percent prominent organic stains throughout; 2 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P04326; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 245903; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 245903
    Bw1—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist; clay; 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine prominent irregular mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots in cracks; 25.0 very fine and fine low-continuity continuous tubular pores; 2 percent prominent manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout; 2 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P04327; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 245904; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 245904
    Bw2—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches);, 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; clay; 20 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine and medium distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 15.0 very fine and fine low-continuity continuous tubular pores; 2 percent prominent manganese or iron-manganese stains in root channels and/or pores; 2 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; 2 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P04328; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 245905; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 245905
    Bw3—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; clay; 20 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine and medium distinct cylindrical mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 2.0 very fine and fine low-continuity continuous tubular pores; 10 percent prominent manganese or iron-manganese stains in root channels and/or pores; 2 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout and 10 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; 2 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P04329; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 245906; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 245906
    Bw4—130 to 157 centimeters (51.2 to 61.8 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; clay; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium distinct cylindrical and 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine and medium distinct cylindrical mottles; moderate and strong very coarse prismatic, and weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 2.0 very fine and fine low-continuity continuous tubular pores; 10 percent prominent pressure faces in root channels and/or pores; 2 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout and 10 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P04330; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 245907; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 245907
    Bssk1—157 to 201 centimeters (61.8 to 79.1 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; clay; 40 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium cylindrical mottles; moderate and strong coarse and very coarse wedge, and moderate and strong coarse and very coarse angular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 2.0 very fine and fine low-continuity continuous tubular pores; 10 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) in root channels and/or pores; 4 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout and 15 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; 15 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate nodules throughout; 2 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments and 5 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P04331; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 245908; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 245908